Pass
Pass adjective - Of advancing the ball by throwing it.
Usage example: a pass play
Running
Running adjective - Of advancing the ball by running.
Usage example: the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead, avert One-Dimensional Thinking by running into a room and letting the fireball pass you by.
Source: Outrun the Fireball - In 3E they could no longer pass over running water on their own, but could be carried over it in a container.
Source: Cannot Cross Running Water -
By 2030, they don't even try to pass for communists anymore, instead running a society built around technocratic state capitalism, ancient philosophy, Asian nationalism and dystopian state-worship.
Source: Video Game / Rise of the Reds
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Running and Pass. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/running
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Running or Pass. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pass/running.
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